Mahmoud Ali Othman (born 1938) was a member of the

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created following the

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's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A

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and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau

Kurdistan Democratic Party The Kurdistan Democratic Party ( ku, Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê; پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the largest party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional G ...

(KDP). He then founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was also the Chief Negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the Baath Party. He is now a leading member of the Iraqi National Assembly. Othman was born in

Sulaimaniyah Sulaymaniyah, also spelled as Slemani ( ku, سلێمانی, Silêmanî, ar, السليمانية, as-Sulaymāniyyah), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, not far from the Iran–Iraq border. It is surrounded by the Azmar, ...

. He became politically active at the age of 18. He completed a degree in Medicine at the University of Baghdad where he received first-class honours. He has five daughters and three sons. He was also a key player in the Kurdish struggle for autonomy. Othman is now an independent politician best known for his press interviews. He was also a front runner in the 1992 election in the Kurdistan Region. He currently plays an advisory role towards Kurdish national issues, taking no active part in recent elections in 2009.

Timeline

*1954 - Joined the Kurdish Struggle *1962 - Became a member of the

(KDP). *1968 - Became Mustafa Barzani's Deputy dealing with foreign affairs of the revolution. *1970 - Chief Negotiator in the agreement of ceasefire between the Kurdish region and the

Ba'th Party The Arab Socialist Baʿath Party ( ar, حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي ' ) was a political party founded in Syria by Mishel ʿAflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Bītār, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi, Zak ...

*1980 - He founded the Kurdish Socialist Party with Rasool Mahmend,

Adel Murad Adel Murad ( ku, عادل موراد, translit=Adil Murad; 11 December 1949 – 18 May 2018) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician whom along with Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Kamal Fuad, Ali Askari, Fuad Masum and Abdul Razaq Faily, was the ...

and Adnan Al Mufti *1980 - Became Leader of the Kurdish Socialist Party *1992 - Ran in the Kurdistan Regional Elections. *1992 - Went into exile in the UK. *1995 - First return from exile to the Kurdish region. *2001 - Was top politician in peace talks between the

(KDP) and the Patriotic Union Of Kurdistan (PUK) * 2003 - Became member of the

* 2004 - Became member of

Iraqi National Assembly The Council of Representatives ( ar, مجلس النواب, Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy; ku, ئه‌نجومه‌نی نوێنه‌ران, ''Enjumen-e Nûnerên''), usually referred to simply as the Parliament is the unicameral legislature ...

. * 2005 - Becomes head of the list of the Kurdistan Alliance in the forthcoming elections. * 2006 - Elected member of Iraqi National Assembly. * 2010 - Re-Elected member of Iraqi National Assembly for Al Sulaymaniyah Province * 2010 - Leading MP to form the Kurdish coalition for Baghdad which consists of (Kurdistani List, Change List, Services & Reform List, Islamic Parties)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Othman, Mahmoud Members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq 1938 births Living people Kurdish nationalists Kurdistan Democratic Party politicians Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party politicians University of Baghdad alumni